Investing.com – China equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Gas, Water & Multiutilities, Life Insurance and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Shanghai, the Shanghai Composite declined 0.36%, while the SZSE Component index lost 0.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Shanghai Composite were Huatai Paper (SS:600308), which rose 10.05% or 0.840 points to trade at 9.200 at the close. Cn First Heavy (SS:601106) added 10.02% or 1.910 points to end at 20.980 and Changhong Elec (SS:600839) was up 10.02% or 1.140 points to 12.520 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Wolong Real Es (SS:600173), which lost 10.02% or 1.320 points to trade at 11.860 in late trade. Tianjin Global (SS:600800) declined 10.00% or 1.980 points to end at 17.820 and Xinhua Commer (SS:600785) shed 9.99% or 2.990 points to 26.940.
The top performers on the SZSE Component were Pangang Group Vanadium Titanium & Resources Co Ltd (SZ:000629) which rose 9.94% to 5.97, Huayi Brothers Media Corp (SZ:300027) which was up 8.99% to settle at 52.98 and Suning Commerce Group Co Ltd (SZ:002024) which gained 5.57% to close at 21.24.
The worst performers were Financial Street Holdings Co Ltd (SZ:000402) which was down 3.65% to 14.26 in late trade, Jilin Aodong Pharmaceutical Group Co Ltd (SZ:000623) which lost 3.62% to settle at 44.41 and Weifu High-Technology Group Co Ltd (SZ:000581) which was down 3.28% to 38.06 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 492 to 453 on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
The CBOE China Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Shanghai Composite options, was up 2.57% to 32.29 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was up 0.12% or 1.40 to $1175.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.45% or 0.26 to hit $58.40 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.41% or 0.26 to trade at $62.95 a barrel.
USD/CNY was up 0.01% to 6.2060, while EUR/CNY fell 0.11% to 7.0002.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.14% at 95.35.